--- title: In Praise of the Pause | daily.dev description: A young tester asked Michael Bolton for guidance on learning AI testing, and Bolton challenged him with a deeper question. Instead of answering immediately,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/in-praise-of-the-pause-0aobdjmoz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: In Praise of the Pause | daily.dev og:description: A young tester asked Michael Bolton for guidance on learning AI testing, and Bolton challenged him with a deeper question. Instead of answering immediately,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/in-praise-of-the-pause-0aobdjmoz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0AOBDJMOZ.png og:image:alt: In Praise of the Pause og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # In Praise of the Pause **[DevelopSense](https://daily.dev/sources/developsense)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A young tester asked Michael Bolton for guidance on learning AI testing, and Bolton challenged him with a deeper question. Instead of answering immediately, the tester asked for a day to think it over before replying. Bolton praises this as a valuable skill for testers and anyone in knowledge work: resisting the pressure to answer right away. 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